Kinjarapu Atchannaidu
Kinjarapu Atchannaidu | |
|---|---|
| President of Telugu Desam Party (Andhra Pradesh unit) | |
| Assumed office 2020 | |
| President - Telugu Desam Party | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Minister for Transport , BC welfare & empowerment , Handlooms & Textiles Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 8 June 2014 – 29 May 2019 | |
| Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Tekkali | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| Chief Minister | |
| Assembly Member for Harishchandrapuram | |
| In office 1996–2009 | |
| Chief Minister | |
| Succeeded by | Constituency dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Relations |
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Kinjarapu Atchannaidu is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is serving as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing the Tekkali constituency from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) since 2014.[1][2] He is the chief of TDP for the state of Andhra Pradesh since October 2020.[3]
Political career
Atchannaidu was elected as an MLA from the Harishchandrapuram constituency in three consecutive elections: 1996 by-poll,[4] 1999[5] and 2004.[6] Following the reorganization and dissolution of the Harishchandrapuram constituency, he contested and lost the 2009 elections for the Tekkali constituency. He also lost the immediate by-poll in 2009 that occurred due to the death of the elected MLA.[7] He was elected back in the 2014 and 2019 elections from the Tekkali constituency.[2][3]
He held the portfolio of Transport Ministry during the Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry.[3]
Personal life
He is the brother of Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu and uncle of Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu.[3]
References
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly election result: Full list of winners". The Financial Express. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Atchannaidu confident of retaining Tekkali". The Hindu. 20 March 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d G, Siva (19 October 2020). "Kinjarapu Atchannaidu appointed as new chief of TDP in Andhra Pradesh". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Bye - Election, 1996". Election Commission of India. 14 October 1996. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Election Commission of India.1999 results.Harishchandrapuram" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2007.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2004". Elections.in. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- ^ "Congress retains Tekkali seat in bypolls". Business Standard. 15 September 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
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